in 2008, i was working in tech in new york and the entire economy just exploded. i was working at a company where they laid off most of the workforce, myself included. i remember looking around the room and realizing that none of the technical people in the were getting laid off. the next day i went to the park during the day. the day after that [indiscernible] i've been helping a lot of women learn how to code. i have been the only girl on a couple of occasions, as well as the only female designer. the technology world is definitely very man based. tiny part of me that says, you know, there aren't any winning. who am i to think that i could be that first one? >> i know that sometimes i will make an assumption that, oh, she's a woman. it is very old-school as far as coding goes, right? even though you do not want to have that. after some brief interaction and it comes to shape becomes obvious that she knows her stuff, all that is gone. some brief interaction and it becomes obvious that she knows her stuff, all that is gone. women,e are very few very few hispanic p